The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-30

| her. and very likely. just as she was leaving.
| the most important news would take place.
| Now a male reporter would stay there and hear
and judge of the cases for himself AS all that
| the paper cares for is the news, it could not
| afford to be represented by one continually
| liable TO lose important information. But crime
and criminals. though important. do not en-
gross all our columns, and there Is much OTTER
work women can do and do we'll In this
respect | might specify the gathering and writ
ing of clerical, fashion and society news Until.
however the pub bic demand a different kind of
news SO long will women be unable to serve as
all round reporters. The very sources from
which we obtain q large portion OF our news
render it an impossible field for woman. On
account of the sensations and the scandals which
are demanded by the present popular taste, q
gentleman could not, in delicacy, ask woman
to have anything to do with that class OF news
That's what bars her from reportorial success
absolutely"
DO you favor employing women upon the
work they dot"
Eyes because OF such news matters they are
preferable to men, But, do you know. they are
restraint i'll officel Tho mon do not feel at
liberty to to take off their coats rest their
feet on the desks and them might as well
add-they are too much of guard morally.
When they are within hearing men cannot give
vent to their feelings In the language all grades
of angry men employ; consequently the result
is apt often to be serious" Here he looked up
IL a half dubious manner. as il to see what eff
feet the statement had.
Then, if you are not opposed to women, why
don't you employ more2'
Because. the work which they can properly
do being limited there is no demand for their
services. We have a woman. old Journalist,
whom we sending to Ireland. If woman
has the same ability and the same means of So
curing news man, she has the same chance
upon the Herald. What demand is the best.
and We don't care what form it comes in. When
we find what we want We are willing to keep it
at any price. We have men in our employ who
have been here forty years IF they are sick for
a month, year. their salary goes on just the
same. If they die they are assured respecta-
Bile burial"
Colonel Cockerill, of the World looked up
from the manuscript which lay before him on
the desk. / asked
''Wbat do you think of women as journalistic
81 think they can do some things well enough
What they fitted for. however, they dons
want to do. There society events whichIno
report we'll woman; yet they
always claim to hate thxtstyle of work. Fashion
work aud women's news they can also do, and
DO in a manner worthy of the high
est praise. We do not encourage
women here, because we have
deluge of good men unemployed. Ali the good
journalists of the United States flock here to
seek livelihood-and come in larger num-
bers than we can ever provide for-conse-
ouently don't wish to encourage women.
What they are fitted for is so limited that
is of far greater service. We employ two
women; so you see we do not object person
ally"
sDo you think woman will ever be able to do
more than she does on the papersW
Not unless the public taste demands different
news. | don't think women journalists will.
ever be in great demand in New York There
is feeling, not from experience. but from the
want Of it, against them. We want originality
and brightness and don't think it would be
fused if found in a woman yet no editor would
like TO send woman out in bad weather or to
questionable places for news We have as many
twelve applications daily from men, but very
few from women. When they do apply we tell
them to send in their articles If they par
tcularly clever accept them; if not.
fuse They are generally of the latter class"